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  • Title: Successful surgical excision of primary right atrial angiosarcoma.
    Author: Bouma W, Lexis CP, Willems TP, Suurmeijer A, van der Horst I, Ebels T, Mariani MA.
    Journal: J Cardiothorac Surg; 2011 Apr 09; 6():47. PubMed ID: 21477334.
    Abstract:
    Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive tumor with a high incidence of metastatic spread (up to 89%) at the time of diagnosis, which restricts the indication for surgical resection to a small number of patients. We report the case of a 50-year old Caucasian woman with non-metastatic primary right atrial angiosarcoma, who underwent successful surgical excision of the tumor (with curative intent) and reconstruction of the right atrium with a porcine pericardial patch. However, after a symptom-free survival of five months the patient presented with bone and liver metastases without evidence of local tumor recurrence.
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